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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

USS Newberry (APA-158)

International Radio Call Sign: November - Delta - Sierra - HotelNDSHAwards, Citations and Campaign RibbonsPrecedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Assault and Occupation of Iwo Jima) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

During World War II USS Newberry was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:TransRon Fifteen, CAPT. W. S. Popham USN (14);TransDiv Forty-Five, CAPT. A.C.J. Sabalot USN (20) and participated in the following campaigns:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign

Campaign and Dates

Campaign and Dates

Iwo Jima operationAssault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 to 27 February 1945

Okinawa Gunto operationAssault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 11 April 1945

Following World War II USS Newberry was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal

20 to 29 September 1945

8 to 10 October 1945

Decommissioned, 21 February 1946

Returned to the Maritime Commission, 3 March 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, VA.